Banks Race

Hey everyone,

I know we're all dying to see how the football team does Friday, but don't forget that we have an important race coming up on Tuesday. There's no school Monday and unfortunately no practice either, so come ready to run Tuesday. We are going to Banks County and leaving around 2:30pm so you'll get to leave just a little early. DON'T FORGET YOUR UNIFORM!!!!!...or for that matter, yourself (not naming names or anything).

Directions to Banks will be sent out over email. I'm not exactly sure when we'll return to the school. I'm guessing 7:30ish. Make sure you do at the least some light running over the weekend.


In other news...Congratulations to Holloway for being named Athlete of the Week for his recent performances at Athens Academy's 3K race and the Northeast GA Championships.

-Coach

NEGA Results

Here's the website for Saturday's results... 

http://www.ptgrouponline.com/Results/2009/NEGA.htm

or... 

http://ga.milesplit.us/meets/54440 

We had lots of PRs and some great times for the first race of the year. We'll talk about the race tomorrow after the Courthouse run and do Sock Awards on Wednesday when the band folks can come. 

See you tomorrow,

Coach Norton

Northeast Georgia Championships

Hey Everyone,

Great job at Athens Academy yesterday! I'd say the guys turned some heads with their performance and more importantly, we all showed some heart in finishing the race in 90 degree weather.

For official results, go to http://ga.milesplit.us/meets/54361


Saturday's race is a big one for two reasons. We get our first 5K times of the season and it's a BIG showing of teams. Last I checked there were over 1200 runners attending. It is very important that you don't wander off.

We will meet at the school at 7am and head over to Athens Christian. The first race will be Varsity Girls at 8:30am. Varsity Boys are at 9:00am. JV Boys will start at 9:30am and JV Girls start at 9:35am.

I expect we'll be hopping on the bus to come back to Oglethorpe between 10:30 and 11am and will either stop to get something to eat on the way or possibly order pizza. Either way, please make sure your runner has some money for lunch.


Here are the directions to Athens Christian...There is no admission charge, but there is a $5 parking charge per car so try to carpool if possible. (There are several ways to get there)

• Take Hwy 78 towards Athens
• Turn Left to get on the ramp for US-29
• Go North on 29 for about 5 miles and the school will be on your right

See you there!

Competition Awaits!

Hey everyone!

I'm very excited about the upcoming week. After a long Courthouse run on Monday, we'll take it easy on Tuesday and prepare for our first meet of the year. I can't wait to see how everyone does.

Here are a few announcements...

Runners and Parents Meeting - Tuesday August 25th after practice (5pm) in my trailer. We will be discussing a few things including a fundraiser idea I am very excited about.

Uniforms - Everyone will have a uniform by Tuesday afternoon. Seniors and returning runners get first pick. Keep in mind, the fastest runners get to wear the Varsity uniform to meets regardless of age. This should push you to work harder at practice.

T-shirts - I got an email saying they were shipped on Friday so they'll be here soon. Please get me your t-shirt money ASAP so that we can all wear our shirts together.

Meet #1 - We'll be leaving after school on Wednesday to head to Athens Academy for our first meet. This meet is unique in that it is only a 3K (1.8 miles). The official start time is at 5pm.

Meet #2 - We'll be leaving school very early Saturday morning to head to Athens Christian for our first big 5K meet of the year, the Northeast Georgia Championships. More details to come!

Also, I've been updating our website section on the high school website. There's a link to this site there. Please check in often to read up on what's going on.

Have a great weekend!

Off and Running

Thanks to everyone who has come out for the team this week. I know this will be a great season! Couple of reminders...

• Saturday August 8th (tomorrow) at 9am, we are having another time trial. The 5 that came last week to do a time trial are excused as well as anyone who can absolutely not be there. We will make it up during the week.

• Monday August 10th is Fall Sport Picture Day. I will be giving out uniforms right after school so that you can wear them in your picture. PLEASE be there!!!

• Physicals - I need them by Tuesday at the latest. After that, I can't let you practice with the team until you have one on file.

• Water bottles - please bring a water bottle to practice every day so that we don't have to waste so many cups.

I'll see most of you tomorrow!

Coach

August 1st almost here!

Hey team!

I know we are all excited the summer is over riiiiiight???

I just wanted to remind you that we are still having the Team 5k (time trials) this Saturday at 10am. Come ready to run a 5k and we'll see what kind of shape we're all in. I'm not going to paint the course, but will make sure it is mowed well enough to run on. I'll be recording all of your times as we get a head start on the season. We're doing it rain or shine. If for whatever reason, there is no way you can be there, we will have a make up the following Saturday.

Let me repeat...Team 5k time trials this Saturday (August 1st) at 10am. Meet at the track.

See you there

Coach Norton

A little over a month to go!

Hey team!

I hope everyone has had a great month of June so far. I've been out of town in Colorado for a couple of weeks and am way behind on my running. It's freaking hot out here back in Athens!!! You all have about a month left to get your summer running in. I don't know if any of you ran in the Marigold 10k. I had planned to but just didn't get around to it. I am planning to run a race on July 25th in Athens. It's called the Burnin' up the Blacktop 5k. The details are at http://www.runningintheusa.com/crs/#Jul

You can do mail-in registration or online. If you're interested, email me or I'll just see you there.

Enjoy the rest of the summer!!!